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Geraldine Ferraro’s Privilege Cup Overfloweth

12:39 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Politics|race|US Presidential Race 2008|Women · 1 Comment

13 Mar 2008

Seriously I don’t even know what to say in response to this video without going off. Talk about being blinded by privilege. Ferraro continues to attack and react instead of stepping back and covering the ass she showed when she made that “lucky black man” comment. Now she’s saying that Obama’s campaign is playing the race card and that they owe her an apology.
Note how Ann Curry repeats those same comments back, because she herself can’t believe it.

Go ahead wait for your apology woman, I’m waiting for a few myself.

Via / Huffington Post

Ferraro’s Lucky Comments Cost Her Her Post

10:29 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Politics|race|US Presidential Race 2008|Women · Comments Off

13 Mar 2008

capt.nyol92003122337.obama_ferraro_nyol920.jpg Everyday I’m reminded how lucky I am to be a woman of color, a Latina, a Puerto Rican. I’m so lucky apparently that white women want to be women of color to get big book deals. When people of color question how such things can happen, how can so many real stories of the struggles of people of color get passed by, silenced ? If the answer we dare to speak is racism, well then we are racist against white people. Remind me how lucky I am again?

Enter Geraldine Ferraro who stepped down from her honorary post in the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign because she reminded Barack Obama (and all people of color in powerful positions) just how lucky he is:

“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.”

Barack Obama Wins Mississippi

8:34 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Mississippi|US Presidential Race 2008 · 1 Comment

12 Mar 2008

Yesterday Barack Obama won the Mississippi Democratc primary, padding his already delegate lead over Hillary Clinton. Pollsters are crediting his win to the black population in the state, with 90% of black voters choosing him. 33 delegates were at stake in the election held yesterday.

Republican John McCain won the Republican primary in the state, bringing him even closer to becoming the official presidential candidate of his party.

Via / NYT

Clinton Takes Texas and Ohio

11:27 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Ohio|Politics|Texas|US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off

5 Mar 2008

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or just tend to ignore these types of things, Hillary Clinton had her comeback moment last night, winning the primaries in both Texas and Ohio (and Rhode Island).

I haven’t read all the media this morning but I just know everyone is gonna thank that Latino vote. Oh wait here’s something:

Exit polls also showed Hispanics casting 30 percent of the Texas Democratic primary vote, giving Clinton nearly two-thirds of their votes and giving her once again the domination she had enjoyed among Hispanic voters in California, New York and New Jersey on Super Tuesday.

Via / NPR

Live Blogging the Primaries/ Caucuses: Mike Huckabee Takes his Bow- Hillary Clinton Takes Rhode Island

9:11 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics|US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off

4 Mar 2008

Mike Huckabee is speaking to his supporters using a baseball metaphor (middle America loves baseball right?). This is how Huckabee’s going down with a baseball story? Nothing deep or political? Huckabee said he just called McCain , congratulated him, and has his back (well he didn’t use those words) and that so should all Republicans.

I never noticed how masculine looking Huckabee’s wife looks.

Oh they just interrupted Huckabee (pobrecito- can’t even get a break when he’s stepping down) to project that Hillary Clinton is the winner of Rhode Island.

Have you ever tried liveblogging with a toddler…I don’t recommend it.

Live Blogging the Primaries/Caucuses

8:53 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Ohio|Texas · Comments Off

4 Mar 2008

So I decided while my partner watches soccer I can watch pundits talk crap on tv and throw in my 2 cents.

As we have it at the moment, the Texas polls close in few minutes with Obama winning and Hillary Clinton’s team in an emergency legal meeting about the caucus packets (at least according to MSNBC).

John McCain is projected as winning Texas and Rhode Island, Barack Ov and already won Vermont and Ohio. This pushes him to get the official Republican Party nomination.

Jack Nicholson (and all his Personalities) Endorse Hillary Clinton

12:41 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Internet|Politics|US Presidential Race 2008 · 1 Comment

3 Mar 2008

Is anyone else offended by the sexing up (can we say sexist) of Hillary Clinton’s run? Add this video celeb endorsement of her to the multitude of videos being spewed all over the internet.

Via / The LA Times

Ugly Betty Vs. George Lopez

10:48 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics|Texas|US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off

27 Feb 2008

George Lopez apparently got over feeling dissed by the Democratic front-runners and has decided to throw his weight behind Barack Obama.

Comedian and television star George Lopez will be appearing today in El Paso on behalf of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.

Hillary has Ugly Betty in her camp (how many times can you spot her in this video?).

Via / El Paso Times

Obama vs. Hillary : The Universal Health Care B.S.

9:35 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Health|Politics|US Presidential Race 2008 · 3 Comments

27 Feb 2008

As part of that huge uninsured in the United States, this is an important issue for me. But what isn’t being talked about in any detail in all of these debates is how both Obama’s and Clinton’s plan, as Brown Femi Power points out on her blog, would fine people if they don’t enroll in their health care plan.

The tricky part comes when it comes to how to actually get people on the programs–and this is the part where my head is exploding because I can’t find any definite information about each candidate. Apparently both candidates would impose some type of ‘fine’ or ‘penalty’ on people who do not buy health insurance once the option is made available–thus universal coverage. At the debate, I couldn’t figure out what Hillary was saying at all, and all I took from Obama is that he will be all about fining parents/penalizing parents if they don’t cover their children.

Hillary’s Got a Song in Spanish Too

6:59 pm By Maegan La Mala · Bizarro|Music|Politics|Texas|US Presidential Race 2008 · 1 Comment

26 Feb 2008

Hillary Clinton is really gearing up for the March 4th primaries in Texas, and is priming the pump for the Tejano vote. My fellow Texans will appreciate the person she’s picked to “introduce” her Latino campaign song in Spanish for the Texas region: none other than local personality Johnny Canales. Check it out:

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